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Andrew Howard
farmers_and_growersWe grow winter milling wheat as our main crop. This goes into mills (normally on the Thames) for bread-making. The majority of our wheat is...Bockhanger Farms LtdConservation Agriculture -
Georgie Bray
farmers_and_growers(First published: November 2019. See November 2022 update below) The RSPB bought Hope Farm, a conventional arable farm in Cambridgeshire, in 2000, with the aim...RSPB Hope Farm, Knapwell, CambridgeshireIntegrated Farming -
Joe Rolfe
farmers_and_growersRBOrganic is a vegetable growing business that forms part of Houghton Hall Estate in Norfolk. We have a long-term relationship with Houghton and are a...RBOrganic Farm, Houghton, NorfolkOrganic -
Jake Freestone
farmers_and_growersOverbury Farms is an integrated part of Overbury Enterprises which has been in the same family for over 250 years. It is a mixed farm...Overbury FarmsIntegrated Farming -
Andrew Burgess
farmers_and_growersThe RBOrganic Ltd team grow carrots, onions, leeks, potatoes, parsnips, beetroots and courgettes. We are a LEAF Marque certified business. We work as an integrated...RBOrganic LtdOrganic -
Iain Tolhurst (Tolly)
farmers_and_growersTolhurst Organic is located on the Hardwick Estate in south Oxfordshire, between the Chilterns and the river Thames. The farm is made up of 17...Tolhurst Organic Partnership CICOrganic